[Academic Building]. Built around 1917. Location: Was located on what is now Netterville Drive, east of the Mississippi River, adjacent to the old Administration Building. Purpose: During the early years, up through the 80s, it was a multipurpose...

Southern University and A & M College--Buildings; Vocational training centers--Louisiana

[Industrial Building for Boys]. This brick structure was built in 1921. Also known as the Mechanical Arts and Industrial Arts Building. This two-story brick structure was originally identical to the Industrial Building for Girls. The building...

Southern University and A & M College--Buildings; Home economics centers

[Industrial Building for Girls]. This structure was built in 1920 and later known as the Home Economics Building. This two-story masonry building features a very slightly projecting central section (suggestive of a pavilion) with an entrance...

[Laundry/Riverside Hall]. This brick structure was built in 1922 as a one-story laundry facility. Some time before 1937 the building was renamed Riverside Hall. At that time, it was lengthened on its western end and a second story was added for...

[Machine Shop]. This brick structure was built in 1921. This small one-story building repeats the stepped parapet and string courses found on the Industrial Building for Girls. It also features simple decorative brick panels (similar to those...

[Martin L. Harvey Chapel/Auditorium]. This brick structure was built in 1928. Resembling a monumental one-story structure but actually two stories in height, the brick auditorium building is composed of two masses- -a moderately sized rectangular...

"DOWN" The Old Laboratory School which was built in 1930 to serve high school students on the campus of Southern University Baton Rouge was demolished to make room for the new $7.4 million dollar John B. Cade...

Historical buildings on the campus of Southern University.
Left to right: Auditorium [formerly called the Martin L. Harvey chapel. Now called the Southern University Museum of Art (SUMA)]
Science Agricultural; Laundry room; Home Economics and...

Southern University and A & M College--Buildings; Building construction--Louisiana--Baton Rouge

Laying of First Brick Work on Academic Building. The completion of this building gave it the credit of being the most complete school building in the State of Louisiana for Negroes. People came from all sections of the State to see this new state...